The Social Security Fairness Act, effective Jan. 5, 2025, ends WEP and GPO, boosting benefits for many—especially CSRS ...

A day after it announced the elimination of the Office of Transformation, the SSA said it was closing the Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity and that it would reassign the office's tasks - ...

Spousal benefits are different. Individuals can still be eligible for spousal benefits even if they haven't worked or paid into the system, the agency said. Spouses can get as much as 50% of the other ...

The increase stems from the passage of the Social Security Fairness Act, which lifted reductions on 3.2 million public sector ...

"The American people are not stupid. They know how important this benefit is," retirement expert Mary Beth Franklin told advisors.

Part of that stems from the fact that changes are happening at the Social Security Administration in the wake of the ...

Submitted by Edward Jones Financial Advisor Kirk Doyle Until recently, if you received a pension from a job that did not pay ...

The removal of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) from Social Security, effective ...

Social Security is a major source of income for nearly 73 million Americans — but how far does the average check actually go?

A bipartisan group of United States senators is urging the agency to revise its policy and grant the full scope of back ...

Social Security payments for certain recipients could be larger this week thanks to a law that was recently put into place.